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22 February 2018 | 23 replies
BUY Bitcoin sell in dec, then but cash flow homes
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22 January 2018 | 3 replies
"go throw your money in bitcoins or the stock market if you're only going to get 5%" I know some other investors won't even touch anything that isn't north of 15 or 20%. but hey we're just mom and pop starting out here.initial-995000year 1513year 21400year 32325year 43255year 54209year 65181year 76168year 87180year 98208year 109261reversion1650000Cash-on-Cash Let's assume the same numbers SGAI= $66,00012% V&C @ $-7920Effective Gross= 58,080Less op ex-taxes (assuming assessed value somewhere in the range of 900k), DA's= 10,700-insurance @ 900-repairs 5% @ 3,300-capex 5% @ 3,300prop mgt 10%@ 6600 (even though we'll be managing it ourselves)op ex at -24,694NOI= 33,386debt service ($2,460 monthly) @ -29,520pre tax cash on cash return of $3,866investment down on original SFR= 168kNC cost of rear unit = 325kall in cash amount = 493kCoC of .78% ....If you take out prop mgt of 6,600 (because we'll be managing it) its 2.12%...Is it safe to say that COC is not as useful in sub-markets/properties where the properties don't necessarily cash flow great and lots of the upside rests in the rental growth and appreciation?
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15 November 2017 | 27 replies
There's enough bitcoin to go around if I want to speculate.
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30 March 2017 | 15 replies
But you are not limited to that either, with self-directed IRA or 401k you can invest into virtually anything: private businesses, precious metals, bitcoins, pier-to-pier lending, private placements, foreign real estate and businesses, etc. etc. etc.
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20 July 2016 | 25 replies
False invoices, materials delivered on site that are then "stolen", etc.
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23 April 2014 | 17 replies
Im not sure but if a birdie just happened to tell her to change the locks herself and to notify the landlord in a letter with new keyse that she lost her keys or that they were stolen and she had no time to spare for fear of a stranger having them, the landlord would be clear from locking anyone out.
20 August 2015 | 10 replies
.~ The flips always cost more $ and time than I thought, which cut into my profit tremendously~ I didn't manage contractors very well (A lot of $ was wasted and stolen)~ Inspection responses cost a lot of $ ~ FHA has the 90 Day rule (an FHA Buyer can't get a loan until you own the home for 90 Days, again this was more time into the project and more $)~ I only wanted to go to these properties like 3 times during the whole rehab process, but I found myself going there about a dozen times per project.
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16 December 2009 | 12 replies
If they are low income rentals, they will get stolen.
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1 July 2008 | 9 replies
You know as soon as you try to replace something that was stolen, it will be stolen again.
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20 June 2011 | 11 replies
 In that time it was vandalized, copper stolen, broken windows, water damage.